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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints

What's the best way to get the gnome to the base?

  • 1 of 12: Drop it nearby in a spot where you can easily find it again, then get in the car and start your drive to the base.
  • 2 of 12: When you get to the area past the ramp-jump where the chopper starts dropping bombs, dodge them carefully and watch for the chopper to go ahead a bit and start firing at something.
  • 3 of 12: That's your cue to turn the car around and drive back to the ramp-jump gimmick. The chopper will stay stuck where it is for now.
  • 4 of 12: Park next to the ramp-jump thing and get out of the car. You're going to have to get past this thing by either using some crates to get over it or by crouch-walking under a nearby train car. (Not all of them can be crouch-walked under, but some can.)
  • 5 of 12: Watch out for leftover zombies, zombines, and barnacles as you run back to where you left the gnome.
  • 6 of 12: Get it and take it over the ramp gimmick, then get your car turned around.
  • 7 of 12: Put the gnome in the car, then drive slowly and carefully down to where the chopper is stuck.
  • 8 of 12: It's firing at a bunch of logs, and it'll be freed up to shoot you some more as soon as the logs start rolling, so give 'er the gas!
  • 9 of 12: Crash through the lambda-marked gates and get into the open storage container that the resistance guy is in.
  • 10 of 12: After he's shot down by the chopper, go back to the car and see if the gnome made it all the way there with you.
  • 11 of 12: If not, you'll have to go back the way you came on foot to see if you can find it. You should be able to before you hit the "you left Alyx behind" spot.
  • 12 of 12: Take the gnome into the open storage container with you, then drop it off the edge of the slanty adjacent container before you drop down.